Bill Gates, Steve Jobs Top CompTIA Poll on Most Influential IT Industry
Personalities of the Past 25 Years

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| The co-founders of two of the world's most successful, recognizable and
| innovative information technology (IT) companies are the industry's most
| influential personalities of the past 25 years, according to a poll by the
| Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). ┬*
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"According to Dave Walsh, Microsoft's senior standard program manager, the
Philippines was one of the countries which voted "no" on the use of OOXML.

"The country voted 'no' with clarifications. This means the panel voting
on the standard still needs more information about Open XML," Walsh said
at the briefing last week. "

Yes, and I wonder what form these "clarifications" may take. Nigeria is
the most likely precedent.

Note the subtle difference between the following statements:

"Microsoft and supporters of OOXML say the technology will make it easier
for users to create and share documents, regardless of the platform or
application. Other major vendors supporting the document standard include
Hewlett-Packard, EMC, Intel and Apple, among others, according to
Microsoft."

"Most OOXML detractors support the Open Document Format (ODF), which is
itself already ISO-certified. Countries that have stepped up in support of
the ODF include Malaysia, Japan and more recently, South Africa."

The key phrase is "among others", present for the OOXML camp, but not for
the ODF group. This provides a nice cue to assume "many more" for the
former, and "only three" for the latter. The subconscious hint in this
case can overwhelm the conscious mind.

Have a nice day.
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> Bill Gates, Steve Jobs Top CompTIA Poll on Most Influential IT Industry
> Personalities of the Past 25 Years
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> | The co-founders of two of the world's most successful, recognizable
> and | innovative information technology (IT) companies are the
> industry's most | influential personalities of the past 25 years,
> according to a poll by the | Computing Technology Industry Association
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> [url]http://www.pr-inside.com/bill-gates-steve-jobs-top-comptia-r288815.htm[/url]
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> Many examples of CompTIA shilling for the monopolist here:
> [url]http://boycottnovell.com/2007/08/01/comptia-microsoft-shill/[/url][/color]

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